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WorksheetsProcessing Intergrity and Availability Controls
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which stage of a process involves pre-numbering all source documents to preserve theprocessing integrity?
input
processing
output
Automated controls supplement manual safeguards in checking source documents forreasonableness and propriety. Which of the following is not a data entry control?
a sign check
a range check
a validity check
a stability check
A reasonableness test checks the validity of the logical relationship between two dataitems. It is an application control that verifies that an account number entered in a transactionrecord matches an account number in the related master file.
True
False
Which of the following statements is true?
Incremental daily backups are faster to perform than differential daily backups, but restoration is slower and morecomplex.
Incremental daily backups are faster to perform than differential dailybackups, and restoration is faster and simpler.
Differential daily backups are faster to perform than incremental daily backups, but restoration is slower and more complex.
Differential daily backups are faster to perform than incremental dailybackups, and restoration is faster andsimpler.
A transposition error occurs when numbers of two adjacent columns are inadvertentlyexchanged (for example, 64 is written instead of 46). This error can be mitigated with
input controls.
processing controls
output controls
Which of the following is an example of the kind of batch total called a hash total?
the sum of the purchase amount field in a set of purchase orders
the sum of the purchase order number field in a set of purchase orders
the number of completed documents in a set of purchase orders
all of the above
Which of the following statements is true?
Virtualization significantly reduces RTO for hardware problems
Cloud computing reduces the risk that a single catastrophe from either a natural disaster or terrorist attack wouldresult in significant downtime and loss of availability
Backups still need to be made when using either virtualization or cloud computing
All of the above are true
What is the name of the basic option for replacing IT infrastructure that is in an emptybuilding, prewired for necessary telephone and Internet access, and a contract with one ormore vendors to provide all necessary equipment within a specified period of time?
a hot site
a cold site
a switch site
Organizations also need to implement controls designed to minimize the risk of datatransmission errors. When data is transmitted, the sending device can calculate a hash ofthe file, called a
parity bit
parity checking
check sums
Which of the following measures the amount of data that might be potentially lost as a result of a system failure?
recovery time objective (RTO)
recovery point objective (RPO)
disaster recovery plan (DRP)
business continuity plan (BCP)
